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4 tips to kickstart honest conversations at work

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Betsy Kauffman |

TED@PMI

• September 2020

Why is it so hard to speak up and productively disagree at work? Leadership and organization coach Betsy Kauffman shows how to bring the candid conversations that usually happen at the watercooler out into the open with four practical strategies you can implement right now to have honest, transparent discussions with your colleagues.

Why is it so hard to speak up and productively disagree at work? Leadership and organization coach Betsy Kauffman shows how to bring the candid conversations that usually happen at the watercooler out into the open with four practical strategies you can implement right now to have honest, transparent discussions with your colleagues.

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About the speaker

Betsy Kauffman

Organizational coach

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Betsy Kauffman helps leaders create innovative, aligned, disruptive agile organizations.

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